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It’s been a while since I have written… anything really! I have excellent excuses. And can back them up with evidence and testimony. However, they are poor excuses for someone who loves to write or needs to write.
I’ve moved. Not just to a new house or new area but to another country - as far as you can possibly get from my home country. In fact, it’s so far that you can’t get any further without turning around and be coming back. I took the plunge, the long plunge and moved from the UK to New

Anyone who sits to work for long periods of time will know that it can be detrimental to your health. There are ways to combat stiffness, repetitive stress injuries and a numb butt with regular stretch and get up and move breaks, or if you’re a driver stopping for a cuppa. However, long periods of inactivity will take its toll in the long run.
I have this habit of eating my way through writers block and an aching back. Often disappearing an entire packet of biscuits in a few short minutes. I

As a writer, it is almost impossible to pin down, nail down, drill down exactly what your book is about. Well this has been my predicament. Don’t get me wrong - I know my story, I know it intrinsically, I know it intricately, in fact I know it better than anyone – it’s in my head and most importantly my world. But being this close to it does not allow me to objectively tell you what its essence is and which genre it belongs - because it’s multifaceted. Being so close was the problem so I stood

How are you? I’m interested!
It’s been a while since I last blogged. I am not embarrassed to tell you why. It is because I have been feeling low. Sometimes we have to admit to ourselves that the outside face does not match the inside feelings - and as many jokey quips or funny, smiley photos I post on social media it is not a mirror to what is really going on in my life.
I learnt from a young age it is much easier to answer “I’m fine” than to say “I’m sad” or “I’m struggling” because not

The Power of a Story
“The Pen is mightier than the sword” (Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1839) this statement alone resonates its own power, it implies that the written word can do more damage than a weapon of destruction.
If you have ever wielded a sword you may think differently but it’s not about physical damage it’s deeper than that. Psychological damage, emotional damage can be far more destructive. However, on the flip side, the written word can be motivational, inspirational and heal rather than

The Indie(pendent) Thinker
Let’s just take a moment to consider what Indie actually means, don’t panic, I’m not going to trail out a load of dictionary definitions- or worse- Wikipedia! I just want to appreciate what it really means (at least to me)
Indie is a shortened reference term to group and label the creative people that are independent. Whether its Indie music, Indie books or Indie films (to name a few). Independent of belonging to, answering to and conforming to a previously

Three Steps To Tap Into Your Creativity...When You’ve Got None!
I often get a dip in my creative output or rather what I should say Is I sometimes/rarely get a creative splurge. Trust me, I have tried everything I can to recreate those explosive creative moments. Unfortunately I seem to spend more time pondering how to force creativity than I do basking in the results. This can be stressful- I actually get to the point of wondering why I even bother, wondering if I should just give up (see

Motivational speakers, life coaches, fitness coaches and authors often use the mantra “never give up” and rightly so. How will you ever know what the outcome could be, if you just give up, not see it through or stop! When we give up on something we are outwardly showing and inwardly admitting that we can not continue- probably because we no longer feel the effort is worth the gain. Sometimes we just run out of puff- run out of enthusiasm- but above all of this... we run out of belief. Belief in

How do you measure success? Tricky question, but one I am going to attempt to answer. Success is often thought to be reaching a goal, exceeding expectations and possible fulfilment. Maslow’s ‘Hierarchy of Needs’ hints that you should reach the top of the pyramid, ‘self actualisation’ for true fulfilment/success. However, being successful does not require huge leaps forwards, upwards, onwards, it could be as simple as taking small steps in your chosen direction.
As children, the competition to